European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday August 26.1994 test unleashed radiation . Says Washington a it was shortly before 11  Jan. 12, 1965, when government scientists set off a spectacular nuclear explosion in the Nevada de Sert that sent a Cloud of radiation All the Way to the California coast newly found documents show. The blast produced a Shower of incandescent Sparks rarely seen in anything but a pyrotechnic display stated a re port from the los Alamos scientific lab oratory in new Mexico. The report released wednesday is among the latest findings unearthed in the investigation of the government s secretive human radiation experiments Dur ing the cold War. The test by the atomic Energy com Mission in which part of a rocket s nuclear Core was vaporized in jackass Flats Nev. Was conducted so scientists could study the reactor s behaviour and the environmental effects of the radiation the documents showed in addition the documents showed that in 1960, military planes were sent through radioactive rocket exhaust and that radiation doses to flight Crews were measured. Elements of the nuclear powered rocket program should qualify As human experiments rep. Edward Markey d-mass., who released the documents wrote to Energy Secretary Hazel o Leary. After the 1965 explosion the Cloud was tracked by aircraft. Increased radioactivity in routine air samples was observed a few Days later in Barstow Calif. San Bernardino Calif. Los Angeles and san Diego the documents showed. While los Alamos personnel gathered environmental data from the test the . Public health service collected milk samples in Southern Nevada and califor Nia to beyond 200 Miles downwind. No radioactivity was detected in the milk. Although estimated radiation doses to humans beyond the. Test site were Well below current limits set by the Environ mental Protection Agency considerably More people were exposed than in other experiments because the Cloud travelled so far Markey said. About 100 nuclear weapons were detonated above the  site be tween 1951 and 1962, before the limited nuclear test ban treaty of 1963 prohibited Toen air weapons testing by the signing nations. Officials believe radiation fro these blasts was spread As far As Southern Utah and Northwestern Arizona. Other documents released wednesday described How five years prior to the january 1965 reactor test b-57 Crews swallowed Gamma film capsules and wore special Lithium shielded Gamma film badges before flying through rocket exhaust to measure its radioactivity it had been common practice since late1950 to Send aircraft to measure radioactive materials from nuclear tests the documents showed. The report on the b-57 night Crews did not reveal actual radiation doses on the ground. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 26,1984 president Rea Gan again attacked the democrats saying they were responsible for a dismal chapter of failed policies and self doubt and ridiculing their sup port of the nuclear freeze and cancellation of key arms programs. 20 years ago aug. 26,1974 West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt warned the new Ford administration that extreme anti inflation measures in the United states could seriously disrupt the world Economy. 30 years ago aug. 26,1964 military Strong Man Nguyen Khanh stepped Down As president of South Vietnam Fol lowing four Days of student rioting in Saigon calling for his ouster. 40 years ago aug. 26,1954 military police and crowds of mourners for the late brazilian president Getulio Vargas clashed at Santos Dumont Airport and in downtown Rio de Janeiro. One person was killed and 38 others were injured. 50 years ago aug. 26,1944 the . 8th and 15th air forces pounded German aircraft plants one Day after a record 1,900 British and italian based bombers hammered seven nazi Oil facilities to Cut production by More than 50 percent. World War ii 50 years ago today aug. 26 1v9 4 .4-Pushing across the lower Seine River Canadian troops head North toward Calais and British forces aim across Northern France toward Belgium. In Italy s Adriatic front Britain s 8th army establishes Strong Bridgehead across the metauro River. Soviet troops reach the lower Danube near _ Galati in Eastern Romania. Bulgaria announces it is withdrawing from the War As a German ally. Source 2194 Days of War w. A Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a Fate of $30.2 billion crime Bill hinges on tug of War in Senate Washington a Republican say they want to slice the pork out of the crime Bill and splice tougher sentencing measures in. Democrats say the dispute stems from election year politics and a National Rifle association inspired Effort backed by republicans to remove a ban on 19assault-style weapons from the Bill. By whatever reasoning a $30.2 billion. Crime measure desperately wanted by president Clinton is Hung up in the Senate in a partisan struggle Likely to be decided by a vote or two. The debate is like a bad migraine headache sen. Byron Dorgan d-n.d., said wednesday. It goes on and on  democrats have Well Over 50 vote needed to pass the Bill. But republicans have threatened to raise a procedural Issue As leverage to Force the changes they want on spending and sentencing. To surmount it democrats would need60 votes and majority Leader George Mitchell told House democratic leaders in a Telephone Call wednesday that he could t yet count them. Democrats arranged a private caucus thursday to plot their next move. A handful of Republican moderates holds the Pivotal votes John Chafee of Rhode Island and Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas among them. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole told reporters during the Day i Don t know for certain but would say we have enough  for his part Clinton called for Swift Senate enactment of a Bill that has taken on enormous political significance this Bill is centrist and bipartisan tits very Bone he told members of the International convention of b Nai b Rith sen. Bob Dole right accompanied by sen. Orrin Hatch holds a list of proposed Republican amendments to the crime Bill. In Chicago via satellite. It s time to cutaway the excuses the blame and the poli tics and join forces and pass this Crim Bill  but the election year subtext could thave been plainer. Sen. Phil Gramm a Texas said in an Abc interview that the Public is not Stu pid. They know that for 25 years republicans have been trying to get Tough Laws on the books and build prisons to grab violent criminals by the Throat. And for25 years basically democrats have been coddling  sen. Dianne Feinstein d-Calif., interrupted bluntly Phil that s  hours later on the Senate floor sen. John Kerry d-mass., said the assault weapons ban was not the Only matter atthe Root of the struggle. Not just guns but a perception that our colleagues republicans Are bigger better braver tougher More willing to incarcerate More willing to Fry than the democrats. That s the  republicans worked to shed the impression that the gun Issue was involved. They offered to release the crime Bill for a final vote if democrats would first pass a companion measure trimming $5 billion in social  they also proposed requiring Federal minimum sentences for state crimes of violence involving guns and for individuals convicted of Selling drugs to minors. We want to put some of these Good provi Sions in said sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah. Missing from their list of amendments was an attempt to strike the gun ban. But democrats retorted that an changes would Send the measure Back to the House where an Effort would be made to remove it. Dole issued a statement saying House rules prevented any such vote. But sen. Larry Craig a Idaho a member of the Era Board said he would Force democrats to find 60 votes for passage regard less of any other changes. And democrats seized on that. It s away of protecting the assault weapons ban from being enacted Mitchell said. Marra Creed Indianapolis a Bishops of the episcopal Church on wednesday approved a document on sexuality that includes an affirmation bolstering the Church s traditional teaching of lifelong heterosexual  one Bishop said the group remains divided in efforts to Deal definitively wit the Issue of sexuality. The conservative affirmation signed by 101 Bishops was added to a document that sought further discussion of same sex relationships in the Episco pal Church.  affirmation criticized a proposed pastoral teaching As incapable of provid ing the Clear guidance wanted and needed by Christian people for faithful 11living. Basically it affirmed traditional marriage Church spokeswoman Sarah Bartenstein said. The draft was written by eight Bish Opsand six members of the House of deputies a body of Lay people and clergy. Twas based on a human sexuality Survey of episcopal laity and clergy conducted after the 1991 convention in Phoenix. Tif document discouraged the Ordina Tion of homosexuals bit it declared that god can be present in same sex relation ships and states that Gays and lesbians should not be ostracized.  of the affirmation Fol Lowed a narrow vote 88-81, renaming the. Bishop s proposed pastoral teaching on human sexuality a pastoral study  Bartenstein said that move was seen by some As lessening its authority. Bishops argued that the word teach ing Imp lies a level of agreement that does t exist. The House of Bishops body of 225 Bishops reviewed the paper Early wednesday at the Church s general convention before joining the House of deputies for a discussion of  of the document s authors Bishop Richard Grein of new York said it did not seek to alter doctrine. A the committee wanted to provide the episcopal Church with a theology by which we could discuss this Issue Grei said. It is not repeat not intended to change the teachings of the episcopal  said the document had been downgraded  but he said it May still do its Job in a hopeful Way u people will study it and enter into its